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Huygens Titan Mosaic #1

Target Name:  Titan
Spacecraft:  Huygens Probe
Instrument:  Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
Produced by:  NASA/JPL/ESA/University of Arizona
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Cross Reference:  PIA07870
Date Taken:  14 January 2005
Date Released: 13 May 2005

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This stereographic projection of Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer images from the European Space Agency's Huygens probe combines 60 images in 31 triplets, projected from a height of 3,000 meters (9,843 feet) above the black 'lakebed' surface. The bright area to the north (top of the image) and west is higher than the rest of the terrain, and covered in dark lines that appear to be drainage channels.

The images were then stitched together using one of several projection algorithms (in this case 'stereographic') to produce a full mosaic. The images used to construct this mosaic were taken on Jan. 14, 2005.

The Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer is one of two NASA-funded instruments on the probe.

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